Thursday, January 31, 2013

India- A land of Veers

India is known as a land of ‘Veers ’ such as‘shoor veer’, ‘ dharamveer’ ,’ karamveer’, ‘daanveer
‘etc. etc.- so much so that a batsman who scores a century or more in a
cricket matchinnings is called ‘shatakveer ‘. However , courtesyEtv, another ‘veer’ namely‘Bayanveer’ (बयानवीर ) was added to the list when under the feature‘tirchhi nazar’a cartoon by Abhijit was shownclose on the heels of the Republic day . The
cartoon could not have been better timed as it shows a neta type , mounted on a vehicle wearing the Gandhi topi , his long
tongueshaped like a sword , jutting out - the cartoon captioned as- बयानवीर. Howeverit is not only the netasbut
alsoour intellectual elitewhoon account of their off the
cuff remarks and statements find themselves in the eye of the storm , quite
often. All of a sudden phrases like-think
before you speak -& -gaj bhar ki zabaan – come to mind . Speech
may be silverbut silence always is
gold.

Yes Ashwini, most of the time we forget that along with a pair each of hands, feet, eyes &ears, we are endowed with only one tongue , which means we should use it cautiously and sparingly or rather wisely !